H.M.S. Bulwark (1899)
| H.M.S. Bulwark | |
| Career | Details |
|---|---|
| Ordered: | 27 June, 1898 |
| Builders: | H.M. Dockyard, Devonport |
| Laid down: | 20 March, 1899 |
| Launched: | 18 October, 1899 |
| Commissioned: | 11 March, 1902 |
| Fate: | Destroyed by internal explosion 26 November, 1914 |
| General Characteristics | |
| Displacement: | 15,366 tons (load); 15,995 tons (deep) |
| Length: | 431 feet 9 in (131 m) |
| Beam: | 75 ft |
| Draught: | 27 ft 3 in (load); 28 ft 2 in (deep) |
| Propulsion: | Two sets 3-cylinder vertical triple expansion engines, two in-turning propellers |
| Speed: | 18 knots |
| Range: | 5,550 nautical miles at 10 knots |
| Complement: | 750; 766 as flagship, 1904 |
| Armament: | 4 × Mk IX 12 inch guns 12 × Mk VII 6 inch guns 16 × 12 pdr quick-firing guns 2 × 12 pdr boat and field guns 6 × 3 pdr guns 2 × machine guns 4 × 18 in submerged torpedo tubes |
| Aircraft: | None |
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H.M.S. Bulwark was a pre-dreadnought battleship of the Royal Navy. Of the London Sub-Class, she formed part of the backbone of the navy before the advent of the dreadnought battleship in 1906.
She commissioned at Devonport in March, 1902 under Captain F.T. Hamilton for duty in the Mediterranean, where she flew the flag of Admiral Sir C.E. Domville from 1 May. She recommissioned at Devonport under Commander Edward M. Phillpotts, acting Flag Captain to Admiral Lord Charles Beresford. In May, 1905 Captain O.de B. Brock was appointed to command. Paid off in March, 1907 Bulwark was recommissioned as flagship of Rear-Admiral F. Finnis, Rear-Admiral Nore Division, Home Fleet. Captain B.M. Chambers took command, with the crew from the paid-off battleship Resolution.
